About this combination
Combination 35 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Light Brown Drab, Carmine Red, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 35 of Wada's 348 anchors Light Brown Drab and Carmine Red in the red family — a 2-colour grouping with a refined, warm, austere character, recorded in the Showa-era volumes of Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, where these shikisai names have sat in the public domain for generations. Its strongest pairing — Light Brown Drab on Carmine Red — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.49:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.